The Police Recruitment Board has sanctioned January 8, 2024, as the initiation date for the screening of successful applicants for recruitment into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force. In a statement on Thursday, Ikechukwu Ani, the Head of Press and Public Relations, mentioned that the board convened at the Police Service Commission’s corporate headquarters in Jabi, Abuja, and made various decisions concerning the subsequent phases of the recruitment process.
Upon the closure of the recruitment portal earlier this month, it was determined that 416,270 Nigerian youths met the initial requirements for the next phase of the exercise. Of these successful applicants, 315,065 are for the general duty cadre, while 101,205 fall under the specialist cadre, as indicated in the statement.
Invitation letters for the successful candidates are anticipated to be dispatched on or before December 23, 2023. The upcoming phase of the exercise will encompass both physical and credential screenings to be conducted in the applicant’s state of origin. The Board has stipulated that candidates attending the screening exercise must bring the original copies of their certificates and other credentials, along with letters of attestation from their local government chairmen and/or traditional rulers.
Subsequent stages in the recruitment process include a computer-based test (CBT) scheduled after the screening exercise and a medical examination on a date to be announced later.
The statement also disclosed the distribution of successful applicants among states after the portal’s closure. Kaduna State leads with 31,117 successful applicants, followed by Adamawa (29,848), Benue (25,346), Borno (24,854), Katsina (24,239), and Bauchi (22,958). Other states with high successful applicants include Kano, Niger, Gombe, Yobe, Nasarawa, Jigawa, Taraba, Plateau, and Kebbi.
Conversely, Anambra State has the fewest successful applicants nationwide with 1,141, followed by Ebonyi (1,537), Lagos (1,775), and Abia (2,110). The statement emphasized the importance of caution against fraudsters, underscoring that the entire recruitment process is free, transparent, and based on merit and performance.